Failed individual and sequential instrumental vaginal delivery: Contributing risk factors and maternal-neonatal complications

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 642-648

  Al Kadri, Hanan ^a   Sabr, Yasser ^a   Al Saif, Saif ^a   Abulaimoun, Bdair ^a   Ba'Aqeel, Hassan ^a   Saleh, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Forceps; Maternal and neonatal morbidity; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0038687120     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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